Consultant Hepatologist with special interest in Viral Hepatitis in London

This advert is for a replacement permanent Consultant post within the Hepatology Service at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder will have a specific focus on Viral Hepatitis and the South East London (SEL) Viral Hepatitis Operational Delivery Network (ODN) which is hosted here at King's. The ODNs form a national framework of networks specialist commissioned to deliver on the Hepatitis C Elimination Programme and recently expanded to also include Hepatitis B. In addition, the individual will be the clinical lead for the Community Liver Health Checks workstream across SEL and wider Liver Surveillance initiatives being driven by South East London Cancer Alliance and overseen by the ODN.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established programme driving delivery of national, regional and local priorities, including the NHS 10 Year Plan (2025) and NHS Cancer Plan (2026). This role supports the shift from hospital to community, advances prevention through earlier diagnosis of liver disease, and tackles health inequalities by improving access to hepatitis and liver health surveillance for underserved communities.

As well as acting as key member of the Hepatology and Viral Hepatitis multi-disciplinary team at King's, the post holder will support the ODN Programme Manager in overseeing and implementing Viral Hepatitis Elimination initiatives in SEL. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Building and maintaining effective relationships with clinical leads across SEL in particular at spoke sites and GP Champions leading on the primary care elimination workstream.
• Providing specialist input and guidance for projects and pieces of work within the programme.
• Representing the ODN at regional and national meetings, alongside the Programme Manager and providing regular update reports both internally and externally as required.

They will also provide clinical leadership and oversight of both the SEL Community Liver Health Checks (CLHC) project and the SEL Liver Surveillance projects underway with the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA).

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of 2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Job responsibilities include:

• Providing a high-quality care service to patients, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
• Shared responsibility with other colleagues and covering periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
• Providing clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team.
• Contributing to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.
• Contributing to audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Taking an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan.
• Conducting all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
• Exercising professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty.
• Working in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.
• Undertaking Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
• Complying with all Trust infection prevention and control policies.
• Preparing for and undertaking the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
• Contributing to providing Consultant led 7-day services.

Person Specification includes:

• Qualifications & Higher Qualifications: Registerable medical qualification, Full MRCP or equivalent.
• Registration & Interview Eligibility: Full Registration with GMC, Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
• Training and Experience: Wide experience in all aspects of Hepatology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC.
• Administration: Experience in day-to-day organisation of Liver Services and the Hepatitis services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
• Management and Leadership: Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Audit and Quality Improvement: Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Research and Publications: Experience of clinical research, Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
• Teaching: Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.